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Search Tips
Use a variety of search options, as opposed to just keywords, when searching JAC.
- Search by Subject, Author and Title. These methods provide related cross-references that are not offered in the Keyword search.
- Use Keyword searches when you don't know the exact title or subject heading of an item and when you need to locate numbers and dates within a title or series.
Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query.
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Most relevant titles |
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Highly relevant titles |
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Very relevant titles |
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Relevant titles |
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Other relevant titles |
- Use the expander (*) in a Keyword search to retrieve all forms of a root word. Example: trust* will retrieve: trust, trusts, trustee, trusted and trusting.
- Click an item in your search results page to see the full bibliographic record.
- Limit Search by known criteria like publisher, date, language, material type (audiocassette, book ,etc.) prior to running your query. This will reduce the number of records your search will return.
- Limit by multiple fields:
For individual limits with multiple values, hold the control key (Windows) or the command key (Mac) to select more than one. The multiple values are assumed to be "or"s, for example "material type books or serials."
- Modify/Limit by Location:
Based on the location listed on the bibliographic records.
Sample Searches
- Author
Use either the Author's Name (last name first) or the Name of an Organization or Governmental Body.
- Call Number
Type the call number from our collection.
- ISBN/ISSN
Type as much of the ISBN or ISSN number as you wish.
- Keyword
You may use the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT as well as truncations (*, ?) and proximities (NEAR, BEFORE). Learn more about Advanced Keyword Searching.
- Title
Type as much or as little of the Title or Series as you wish.
- Subject
Subject headings identify materials about a topic, person, or organization. Subject terms may also indicate form of materials.
Advanced Keyword Searching
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EXAMPLES |
| ADJACENCY |
Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. |
United States supreme court |
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| PHRASES |
Multiple words are searched as a single phrase, unless separated by an "operator" (see below). |
Supreme Court
judicial review and Canada |
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| TRUNCATION |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-3 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation. |
work* comp*
united states and constitut**
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| OPERATORS |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field,
any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. |
(abuse prevention) and child*
"court rules"
contract and not construction |
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| OPERATORS AS WORDS |
To search for and, or, not, within, near, before or after as a word, place either the word or the whole phrase in quotes " ". |
"court rules"
t:change "within" organizations |
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| PROXIMITY |
Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any
order. Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record. |
Delaware near legislation
america within 3 crim* |
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| FIELDS |
Specify fields to search, using field abbreviation. Fields available for
this database are a: (author), t: (title), d: (subject), and N: (note.)
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(a:Weinstein) and (t:evide*)
(a:united and a:states) and (d:handicapped or d:disabled) |
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| CROSS-INDEX SEARCHES |
Use qualifiers to combine search terms from multiple indexes. Qualifiers include Author (a:) , Title (t:) , Subject (d:) and summary and contents Notes (n:) |
d:constitutional law
a:Weinstein and t:eviden**
a: united states and d:sentencing guidelines
(d:legal ethics) and Pennsylvania |
Navigation Tips
- Scroll down to view the entire bibliographic record.
- Click the underlined Subject of a record to retrieve similar items with the same subject.
- Click the link under the Location heading in the bibliographic record to view a map that shows where the item is located in Jenkins.
- Click the "Link to: Online version," link in a bibliographic record to view the full text of the document.
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